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		pgrote on Oct 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My company sold for $100M and I got zilch – how ca... How does owning the 1% stock that doesn't get a pay out when the purchase occurs affect taxes? Do you have to pay taxes on the perceived value of the 1%? Can you consider it a loss?

harryh on Oct 25, 2019 [–]

Questioner probably owned options for which he paid no money. Therefore there is no loss. Nor is there a gain on which they owe taxes.

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